Position Summary:

• Lead the associates in your area through coaching, engagement, communication, morale building and teaming. Be the Leader and Coach not the boss.
• Engage, coach and train your team to continuously improve the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost goals of the business
• Drive action where ever needed to resolve urgent issues
• Be a key leader in implementation of the Operating Excellence (OOE) process
• Escalate actions needed to achieve OOE implementation goals
• Team with Area Managers, Union Stewards, Support personnel and other Leadership to constructively solve operational issues that both meet the business goals and the intent of the current contract

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Supervise Metallurgists, Met lab operations, lab technicians, and Pyros.
• Conduct studies of metals and alloys to determine their physical characteristics for manufacturing purposes or determine compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards
• Apply knowledge of metallurgy to recommend engineering and manufacturing changes to attain design objectives in the most economical manner possible
• Consult with engineers to develop methods of manufacturing at minimum costs
• Work with customers to make sure their expectations are being met and exceeded
• Conduct failure analysis
• Provide support to Sales and Purchasing departments - Interpreting standards, proposing materials and processes, qualifying new suppliers, resolving material or quality issues, etc.
• Responsible for communicating metrics and ensuring understanding and ownership at the production team level
• Prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency and materials supply
• Team with support groups such as EHS, Quality Assurance, Engineering and Planning to escalate and improve urgent issues as well as drive continuous improvement
• Provides all subordinates with constant communication, guidance, coaching and support necessary to perform their jobs effectively and accurately
• Works with the Safety Department to monitor safety compliance and to review and plan for special requirements on incoming jobs
• Leads regular audits of the department to ensure proper safety and environmental practices are being followed
• Uses progressive discipline to correct and manage major violations of company policies, and the Collective Bargaining Agreement (e.g., fighting, sabotage, etc.)
• Investigates incidences of, and initiates corrective actions to, improper conduct on the floor or major violations of company policies or the CBA
• Accountable for heat treat department organization by driving 5S deployment
• Assure the proper training of all department personnel

• Ability to understand and follow applicable company and regulatory safety and environmental procedures
• Ability to understand and correctly utilize appropriate PPE equipment as required
• All other duties as assigned by Management

The Technology Manager is responsible to provide metallurgical leadership and support related to the development, implantation, and continuous improvement of processes and products that safely and cost-effectively meet customer demands for quality, consistent, and on-time performance.

The Technology Manager will report directly to the General Manager and Director of Process Metallurgist and will also collaborate with members of the corporate technical and sales groups. The Technology Manager will coordinate activities with the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure compliance with company, and customer quality procedures, and specifications. The Technology manager will interact directly with management and supervision in the premium melting and forge plants to develop and implement products, initiatives and solutions to meet customer demands. The Technology Manger will also interact with shop floor, supply chain, engineering and other members of the organization to collaborate on various projects and initiatives.

Manage, coordinate, and direct technicians and group leaders to meet high production demands for testing, certification, and approval to release product for shipping.  Operations include chemical and metallurgical testing, lab machine shop, material handling, and analytical equipment including state of the art X-ray / Optical emissions spectrometry, combustion analysis, metallography, stress rupture, impact and tensile testing.  This position is fully responsible for accuracy of lab results, training and certifying of staff, providing safe work practices and environment, development of procedures, compliance with technical and customer standards, and maintaining third party laboratory accreditation. This includes responsibility for administration of Laboratory Information System software, laboratory calibrations, statistical analysis, purchases, and the maintenance of equipment for handling, preparation, and analysis for a three-shift laboratory operation.  Provide technical advice and expertise to other departments and divisions.

• Develop, verify, validate, and use physics-based and empirical models that simulate hot working, melting, solidification, fluid flow, atomization, heat transfer, and microstructure evolution in nickel-base superalloys, titanium alloys, and specialty steels.
• Utilize process simulation to support manufacturing process improvements that result in better product quality and lower manufacturing costs.
• Conduct testing and characterization in order to generate data necessary for model development, validation, or verification.
• Communicate results to management, colleagues, and customers in the form of written reports and oral presentations.
• Propose, defend and execute project concepts for new products, cost savings, quality improvement, and process innovation. Collaborate with technology and research colleagues across company.
• Maintain industry expertise and current knowledge of developments in process modeling by experimentation, attending meetings and conferences conducted by trade associations, by reviewing trade literature and by periodic visit to customer or supplier base.
• Enthusiastically tackle challenges and achieve results while dealing with ambiguity and change that accompanies working in a research environment.

Job Summary: The Melt Shop Process Engineer is a hands-on position that requires close collaboration with the EAF, LMF, and Caster Managers, Supervisors, and Operators, as well as other departmental and operations management. This position involves quality investigations, continuous improvement, data analysis, and product/process development.

Role and Responsibilities

1. Demonstrate and emphasize safe work practices and behaviors to all employees.
2. Strive to identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, cost, organization, or efficiency.
3. Maintain and verify department production process data.
4. Report on a daily basis Day/WTD/MTD/YTD performance metrics.
5. Develop and maintain automated data collection/analysis systems.
6. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the production and maintenance workforce.
7. Lead investigations related to missed chemistries, clogging, slab surface, customer claim, or other quality-related issues.
8. Manage the scarfing and slab release processes.
9. Provide technical/analytical support for all CAPEX/product development/improvement initiative trials.
10. Oversee and coordinate the implementation of NPS system requirements.
11. Lead root cause investigations utilizing continuous improvement/PDCA methodology and implement and complete related corrective actions (production process failure analysis).
12. Review and update SOPs to meet safety/quality/cost goals.
13. Conduct periodic quality/safety/SOP audits of all areas Scrap/EAF/LMF/Caster/Scarfing Yard.